diff --git a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
index a310d7f..d9c2b8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
+++ b/include/linux/ceph/messenger.h
@@ -117,18 +117,6 @@
 #define BACKOFF         15
 
 /*
- * ceph_connection states
- */
-#define CONNECTING	1
-#define NEGOTIATING	2
-#define CONNECTED	5
-#define STANDBY		8  /* no outgoing messages, socket closed.  we keep
-			    * the ceph_connection around to maintain shared
-			    * state with the peer. */
-#define CLOSED		10 /* we've closed the connection */
-#define OPENING         13 /* open connection w/ (possibly new) peer */
-
-/*
  * A single connection with another host.
  *
  * We maintain a queue of outgoing messages, and some session state to
diff --git a/net/ceph/messenger.c b/net/ceph/messenger.c
index e7320cd..563e46a 100644
--- a/net/ceph/messenger.c
+++ b/net/ceph/messenger.c
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@
 #define CON_SOCK_STATE_CONNECTED	3	/* -> CLOSING or -> CLOSED */
 #define CON_SOCK_STATE_CLOSING		4	/* -> CLOSED */
 
+/*
+ * connection states
+ */
+#define CON_STATE_CLOSED        1  /* -> PREOPEN */
+#define CON_STATE_PREOPEN       2  /* -> CONNECTING, CLOSED */
+#define CON_STATE_CONNECTING    3  /* -> NEGOTIATING, CLOSED */
+#define CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING   4  /* -> OPEN, CLOSED */
+#define CON_STATE_OPEN          5  /* -> STANDBY, CLOSED */
+#define CON_STATE_STANDBY       6  /* -> PREOPEN, CLOSED */
+
+
 /* static tag bytes (protocol control messages) */
 static char tag_msg = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_MSG;
 static char tag_ack = CEPH_MSGR_TAG_ACK;
@@ -503,11 +514,7 @@
 	mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 	dout("con_close %p peer %s\n", con,
 	     ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));
-	clear_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state);
-	clear_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state);
-	clear_bit(CONNECTED, &con->state);
-	clear_bit(STANDBY, &con->state);  /* avoid connect_seq bump */
-	set_bit(CLOSED, &con->state);
+	con->state = CON_STATE_CLOSED;
 
 	clear_bit(LOSSYTX, &con->flags);  /* so we retry next connect */
 	clear_bit(KEEPALIVE_PENDING, &con->flags);
@@ -530,8 +537,9 @@
 {
 	mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 	dout("con_open %p %s\n", con, ceph_pr_addr(&addr->in_addr));
-	set_bit(OPENING, &con->state);
-	WARN_ON(!test_and_clear_bit(CLOSED, &con->state));
+
+	BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_CLOSED);
+	con->state = CON_STATE_PREOPEN;
 
 	con->peer_name.type = (__u8) entity_type;
 	con->peer_name.num = cpu_to_le64(entity_num);
@@ -571,7 +579,7 @@
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&con->out_sent);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&con->work, con_work);
 
-	set_bit(CLOSED, &con->state);
+	con->state = CON_STATE_CLOSED;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ceph_con_init);
 
@@ -809,27 +817,21 @@
 	if (!con->ops->get_authorizer) {
 		con->out_connect.authorizer_protocol = CEPH_AUTH_UNKNOWN;
 		con->out_connect.authorizer_len = 0;
-
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	/* Can't hold the mutex while getting authorizer */
-
 	mutex_unlock(&con->mutex);
-
 	auth = con->ops->get_authorizer(con, auth_proto, con->auth_retry);
-
 	mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(auth))
 		return auth;
-	if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state) || test_bit(OPENING, &con->flags))
+	if (con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN);
 
 	con->auth_reply_buf = auth->authorizer_reply_buf;
 	con->auth_reply_buf_len = auth->authorizer_reply_buf_len;
-
-
 	return auth;
 }
 
@@ -1484,7 +1486,8 @@
 static void fail_protocol(struct ceph_connection *con)
 {
 	reset_connection(con);
-	set_bit(CLOSED, &con->state);  /* in case there's queued work */
+	BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING);
+	con->state = CON_STATE_CLOSED;
 }
 
 static int process_connect(struct ceph_connection *con)
@@ -1558,8 +1561,7 @@
 		if (con->ops->peer_reset)
 			con->ops->peer_reset(con);
 		mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
-		if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state) ||
-		    test_bit(OPENING, &con->state))
+		if (con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING)
 			return -EAGAIN;
 		break;
 
@@ -1605,8 +1607,10 @@
 			fail_protocol(con);
 			return -1;
 		}
-		clear_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state);
-		set_bit(CONNECTED, &con->state);
+
+		BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING);
+		con->state = CON_STATE_OPEN;
+
 		con->peer_global_seq = le32_to_cpu(con->in_reply.global_seq);
 		con->connect_seq++;
 		con->peer_features = server_feat;
@@ -1994,8 +1998,9 @@
 	dout("try_write out_kvec_bytes %d\n", con->out_kvec_bytes);
 
 	/* open the socket first? */
-	if (con->sock == NULL) {
-		set_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state);
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_PREOPEN) {
+		BUG_ON(con->sock);
+		con->state = CON_STATE_CONNECTING;
 
 		con_out_kvec_reset(con);
 		prepare_write_banner(con);
@@ -2046,8 +2051,7 @@
 	}
 
 do_next:
-	if (!test_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state) &&
-			!test_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_OPEN) {
 		/* is anything else pending? */
 		if (!list_empty(&con->out_queue)) {
 			prepare_write_message(con);
@@ -2081,29 +2085,19 @@
 {
 	int ret = -1;
 
-	if (!con->sock)
-		return 0;
-
-	if (test_bit(STANDBY, &con->state))
-		return 0;
-
-	dout("try_read start on %p\n", con);
-
 more:
+	dout("try_read start on %p state %lu\n", con, con->state);
+	if (con->state != CON_STATE_CONNECTING &&
+	    con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING &&
+	    con->state != CON_STATE_OPEN)
+		return 0;
+
+	BUG_ON(!con->sock);
+
 	dout("try_read tag %d in_base_pos %d\n", (int)con->in_tag,
 	     con->in_base_pos);
 
-	/*
-	 * process_connect and process_message drop and re-take
-	 * con->mutex.  make sure we handle a racing close or reopen.
-	 */
-	if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state) ||
-	    test_bit(OPENING, &con->state)) {
-		ret = -EAGAIN;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (test_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_CONNECTING) {
 		dout("try_read connecting\n");
 		ret = read_partial_banner(con);
 		if (ret <= 0)
@@ -2112,8 +2106,8 @@
 		if (ret < 0)
 			goto out;
 
-		clear_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state);
-		set_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state);
+		BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_CONNECTING);
+		con->state = CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING;
 
 		/* Banner is good, exchange connection info */
 		ret = prepare_write_connect(con);
@@ -2125,7 +2119,7 @@
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (test_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING) {
 		dout("try_read negotiating\n");
 		ret = read_partial_connect(con);
 		if (ret <= 0)
@@ -2136,6 +2130,8 @@
 		goto more;
 	}
 
+	BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_OPEN);
+
 	if (con->in_base_pos < 0) {
 		/*
 		 * skipping + discarding content.
@@ -2169,8 +2165,8 @@
 			prepare_read_ack(con);
 			break;
 		case CEPH_MSGR_TAG_CLOSE:
-			clear_bit(CONNECTED, &con->state);
-			set_bit(CLOSED, &con->state);   /* fixme */
+			con_close_socket(con);
+			con->state = CON_STATE_CLOSED;
 			goto out;
 		default:
 			goto bad_tag;
@@ -2246,14 +2242,21 @@
 	mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 restart:
 	if (test_and_clear_bit(SOCK_CLOSED, &con->flags)) {
-		if (test_and_clear_bit(CONNECTED, &con->state))
-			con->error_msg = "socket closed";
-		else if (test_and_clear_bit(NEGOTIATING, &con->state))
-			con->error_msg = "negotiation failed";
-		else if (test_and_clear_bit(CONNECTING, &con->state))
+		switch (con->state) {
+		case CON_STATE_CONNECTING:
 			con->error_msg = "connection failed";
-		else
+			break;
+		case CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING:
+			con->error_msg = "negotiation failed";
+			break;
+		case CON_STATE_OPEN:
+			con->error_msg = "socket closed";
+			break;
+		default:
+			dout("unrecognized con state %d\n", (int)con->state);
 			con->error_msg = "unrecognized con state";
+			BUG();
+		}
 		goto fault;
 	}
 
@@ -2271,17 +2274,16 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (test_bit(STANDBY, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_STANDBY) {
 		dout("con_work %p STANDBY\n", con);
 		goto done;
 	}
-	if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_CLOSED) {
 		dout("con_work %p CLOSED\n", con);
 		BUG_ON(con->sock);
 		goto done;
 	}
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(OPENING, &con->state)) {
-		/* reopen w/ new peer */
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_PREOPEN) {
 		dout("con_work OPENING\n");
 		BUG_ON(con->sock);
 	}
@@ -2328,13 +2330,15 @@
 	dout("fault %p state %lu to peer %s\n",
 	     con, con->state, ceph_pr_addr(&con->peer_addr.in_addr));
 
-	if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state))
-		goto out_unlock;
+	BUG_ON(con->state != CON_STATE_CONNECTING &&
+	       con->state != CON_STATE_NEGOTIATING &&
+	       con->state != CON_STATE_OPEN);
 
 	con_close_socket(con);
 
 	if (test_bit(LOSSYTX, &con->flags)) {
-		dout("fault on LOSSYTX channel\n");
+		dout("fault on LOSSYTX channel, marking CLOSED\n");
+		con->state = CON_STATE_CLOSED;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -2355,9 +2359,10 @@
 	    !test_bit(KEEPALIVE_PENDING, &con->flags)) {
 		dout("fault %p setting STANDBY clearing WRITE_PENDING\n", con);
 		clear_bit(WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags);
-		set_bit(STANDBY, &con->state);
+		con->state = CON_STATE_STANDBY;
 	} else {
 		/* retry after a delay. */
+		con->state = CON_STATE_PREOPEN;
 		if (con->delay == 0)
 			con->delay = BASE_DELAY_INTERVAL;
 		else if (con->delay < MAX_DELAY_INTERVAL)
@@ -2431,8 +2436,9 @@
 static void clear_standby(struct ceph_connection *con)
 {
 	/* come back from STANDBY? */
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(STANDBY, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_STANDBY) {
 		dout("clear_standby %p and ++connect_seq\n", con);
+		con->state = CON_STATE_PREOPEN;
 		con->connect_seq++;
 		WARN_ON(test_bit(WRITE_PENDING, &con->flags));
 		WARN_ON(test_bit(KEEPALIVE_PENDING, &con->flags));
@@ -2451,7 +2457,7 @@
 
 	mutex_lock(&con->mutex);
 
-	if (test_bit(CLOSED, &con->state)) {
+	if (con->state == CON_STATE_CLOSED) {
 		dout("con_send %p closed, dropping %p\n", con, msg);
 		ceph_msg_put(msg);
 		mutex_unlock(&con->mutex);